Module 2 Week 2

What?

This week we are continuing out UEN assignment. We had added EBSCO host to the list of our sites as well.

So What?

This technology isn’t particularly different from what I already use. It has just been frustrating that I am a part of a minority of teachers where there is little viable information around. I realize that the arts and theater are small on the scale of importance to most educators, but I wish there were more articles, links and references to the arts. I will still attempt to use the resources given to us, but unfortunately I cannot fully sign their praises and many other disciplines can. Very sad.

Now What?

For me, this week just reiterated why theatre is becoming obsolete. A great many artists aren’t moving with the digital age. It is my job to demonstrate to my students the viability of both forums and how the future of the arts is dependent on our ability to maintain archival work, academic resources, footage and drive marketing towards our sites. The two can work in tandem without sacrificing. I feel like I want to champion a program that creates a network with regional theatres to record one performance of each show, have some kind of patron system where web viewers can watch seasons (with limited access of course) … so on and so forth. I could explain it in depth. But we are losing a part of our history.

On a different note, this was an interesting piece on dateline.  Here is a snipit of an interview:
 



http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/